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APRIL 2004 NEWSLETTER
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Business Fair A Great Success - Thank You!
We had 33 local businesses exhibiting and over 250 people in attendance. Net
income from the event is in the region of $1,200 – with $160 coming from the
public entrance fee. Door prizes donated by 40 members and four non-members
totaled more than $1,800 in value – including the 27" Flat-Screen TV that was
won by Downtown Business Assoc member Richard Schultz.
Visitors to the Fair included State Senator David Brinkley, Carroll County
Chamber President Bonnie Grady, the Mt Airy Mayor and Town Council, plus
representatives from Gov. Ehrlich’s office and Congressman Bartlett’s office.
Our sincerest thanks to our sponsors and all those businesses and groups that
helped make the Fair such a success – and to the following individuals for their
hard work: Robert Brill, Financial Advisor, Legg Mason; Carol Cahall, The Main Event; Donnis Klein, Weekenders USA; Keir Knight, Plain
English Writing & Design; Ross Levin, New York Life Insurance; Ken
Matthews, Freedom Carpet Cleaning; Ray Miller, New Horizon Van Lines;
Joyce Picard-Busse, The Entrepreneur’s Source; Archie & Carolyn Rogers, Rogers Engraving; Audrey Stapf, StapfCrafters Woodworking.
WALH MART
THE TIM BARKLEY COMPANIES=CHIROPRACTIC
FIRST
NEW HORIZON VAN LINES=LORIEN
MT AIRY
THE GAZETTE=DONNIS
KLEIN, WEEKENDERS USA=ROBERT
BRILL, LEGG MASON=THE
TOWN OF MT AIRY=PATCHES
QUILTING & SEWING=INSPIRED
RELOCATIONS=BARGER-HARKER
INSURANCE=FARMERS &
MECHANICS BANK=SANDY
SPRING BANK
BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
Our latest Business Card Exchange was held on March 23rd at Brick Ridge Restaurant with over 50 people in attendance – including five new
members who joined that evening.
The event was hosted by the Law Office of Michael Zimmer and Todd Bricken
of Brick Ridge Restaurant and was a joint project with the South
Carroll Business Association. (The SCBA is now a
Chamber member and we have joined their group in return).
Representatives from the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, the Carroll
County Tourism Office and Carroll County Community College also came.
The door prize of a beautiful embroidered pillow in the shape of Carroll County
was won by Donnis Klein, fashion consultant of Weekenders, USA.
Congratulations to Donnis and many thanks to Mike and Todd for hosting this very
successful event.
NEW MEMBERS
Our total membership count currently stands at 95 and growing!
We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Chamber:
Mt. Airy Dent Repair and Touch Up, Howard LaRoux, 301-639-0188
NetPay2K International Corp, James D. Jones, 301-831-3331
South Carroll Business Association, Robert Holt, 410-751-7222
Bill Rohrbaugh’s Charter Service (Worldwide Travel), Kaye Kolb, 410-239-8000
Stauffer Funeral Homes, D.J. Fenton, 301-829-9410
Cassandra Lidin-Lamon, Acupuncturist, 301-829-4721
Tastefully Simple, Jennifer Swanhart, 410-489-5566
Wal-Mart, Shelley Brazell, 301-829-4433
Inspired Relocations, Ann Donovan, 301-694-9060
The Frederick News-Post, Kerry Turner, 301-662-1177, ext. 248
Law Office of Patrick E. Ronan, Pat Ronan, 301-829-5702
Mt. Airy Revitalization Committee, Amy Lubick, 301-829-0072
Frederick Keys, Jill Pinto, 301-662-0013
APRIL MEETING
Our monthly meeting will be on Thursday April 1st at 8am,
at the Fire Hall, at Main Street and Watersville Road (enter at the rear/lower
level). We will be looking for feedback from the Business Fair (as part of our
introductions); we will be discussing the various committees
and encouraging members to sign up; as well as our regular monthly
business.
We hope to see many of you there. Last month we filled the room!
THANK YOU LINDA!
Linda Koons of Westminster Union Bank has tendered her resignation
from the Chamber.
Linda had served the Chamber for the past five years – most of that time on the
Executive Committee, most recently as Corresponding Secretary.
Linda was a tremendous asset to the Chamber and we all send her our thanks and
our best wishes for the future.
CANDIDATES’ FORUM
April 13th will be Meet Your Candidates Night at the
Senior Center for the May Elections for Town Council. The doors will open at
6:30pm for a time to meet the candidates and then there will be a question and
answer period. Councilman David Pyatt and Councilman Peter Helt are running for
re-election. Wendy Peters is running for the third council seat.
We hope you will stop by and hear what your candidates have to say about their
plans for the future of Mt. Airy. Light refreshments will be served.
NEW CHAMBER BROCHURE
A new edition of the Chamber’s Membership Directory & Application
brochure will be published in coming weeks. There are close to 20 new businesses
to be added! The brochure features contact details for all members plus a
membership application.
Marketing & Advertising Committee chair Keir Knight of Plain English Writing
& Design, asks that all members please distribute any existing brochures to
potential members.
COMPUTER LAB
The Mt. Airy Elementary School PTA Kids Fun Run for Computers is
April 11th at the Mt. Airy Elementary School. Our President Tim
Barkley will be an official at the event, representing the Chamber.
Debbie Harker, Barger-Harker Insurance Agency, a former
Scholarship Committee chair has arranged for $1,200 to be donated to the fund.
That’s enough to buy one entire computer station.
For more information, contact Todd Frager at tfrager@aol.com or 301-829-6944.
FAMILY FITNESS EVENT
On Saturday April 3rd Health Unlimited and Chiropractic First are sponsoring a Family Fitness Event at Health Unlimited
on Century Drive. There will be a 5K run; Senior Water Walk; Red Cross Blood
Drive and many other events that day.For further information, call Dan Strayton,
301-831-9730 or the Dr. Williamsons at Chiropractic First, 301-829-4040. All
Chamber members are encouraged to take their families to this fun event!
MAY FEST
Remember to mark off Saturday and Sunday, 15th and 16th May on your calendars for May Fest in downtown Mt Airy. Many Chamber members,
including the Downtown Business Association, are involved in organizing
this wonderful community event.
BUSINESS FAIR ARTIST
Many people have asked for the contact information of the
face-painting artist who did such fabulous work at the Business Fair. She is
Melinda Byrd of Byrdcall Studio. You can reach her at (410) 549-4889 or through
her Internet website www.ByrdcallStudio.com
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